Animal trap



May 31, A LANG 1,860,507

ANIMAL TRAP Filed Aug. 3, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l QC/5J. fn l l l /O C- j /7 256:/ /9 ZZ 75 Z4;

J Inventor 42 @en/ Zani A. LANG ANIMAL TRAP May 31, 1932.

Filed Aug. 3, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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Inventor f/gfdrewfa' 1 @Ww/@2m ttormy Patented May 31, 1932 tiranni'w ANIMAL TRAP Application filed August `3, 'i92s.-=seria1 No. 297,305.

rat traps of a type provided with a tilting platform and has for its principal object to w provide means for detachably securing the trap compartment in communication with the opening provided in the trap for emptying the same and through the use of the detachable compartment to'provide means for removing the animals from the trap and destroying the same without necessitating the hands of the person coming in contact with the animals. a

A further object of the invention is to provide a trap of this characterwhioh is continuously maintained in use ywhile the ani mals previously caught by the trap are being removed therefrom and destroyed.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of a simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive lto manufacture andotherwise well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.`

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction7 combination and arrangement of the variouselements forming the invention as'more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view,

Figure 5v is a fragmentary top plan view of the attaching end Vof 4the compartment provided for removing the animals from `the trap.

The present invention relates to animal traps and more particularly to mouse andy ,either end thereof will be guided tow-andthe Figure 2 is a side elevational view looking 4 Referring now to the drawingsftheinvention comprises an animal trap1compartment 5 having its upper end. open and provided rwith a pair of xtransversely lextending shafts Y 6 journaled ,for vrotation adj acent :the ,sides 5g Aof the trap and upon each of whiclrissecurerl .a tiltingfplatform 7. f 's The inner ends Aof .theipl-atforms fatfthe opposite edges -of the trap are disposed in 4.close `proximity .to feach other as illustrated. 55

:in `Figure yl of the drawings and ftheir outer ends as shown atSeXtend.outwardly beyond .the opposite side edgesofithe trap.y f

.Toithe outwardlyfproj eating endsfS issuspen'dred fweight 9 to e normally :maintain the .1 -rm platform in khorizontal positiomfandgthel-ugaiper surface .of l each platform 7 iisgprovded .with Va drink trough or vreceptacle l0 -xed'ly Vsecured yto the surface thereof.. c n

The side edges of the trap.?5.extend ,11p-e135 wardly above :theiplatform i? as indicatedat `ileso that the animalsupon-approachingfthe Atra-p vand moving alonggthe platformv from vxcentenoflthe'tra-p. c -k The outer ypreti-uding edgesy of ,the platformsffareengagedat theirnppersides .by3a fbrace l2 extending upwardlyand outwardly fromzthe oppositegends ofythe trap Ifor preventing ,thedownward movement of -theouter ends of the'platformsbeyond a'horizontal .planeby the;-action ofthe weights 9: .The upper free lendofeach brace l2-is ysecured in arigid positioniby sidebracemembers 1,3

which lextend from the-brace 12 for attaeh-Vf ment to the sides-ofthetrap. l

AAdj acent the ,bottom-edge, at oneigside of the trap is formed an opening 1stY by in ans ofpwhichithe animals caught in thetrapmay be removed therefrom. A1lpairiofdoiiblef guide members .l5 lare. securedltotheouter side of thetrapat the opposite sidesfofthe openingleach of said guide membersbin'g provided witha pair of spaeedparalllfgiiide plates '16 extending in a directionftowardjthe opening and the innermost of said Vguide plates are disposed in outwardly spaced relation from the side of the trap.

A vertically sliding door 17 is disposed between the innermost guide plates 16 and the sides of the trap with its upper edge provided with a handle 18 by means of which the door may be raised whereby to control communication through the opening 14. Between the inner and outer guide plates 16 are slidably fitted flanges 19 formed at the sides of a container 2O at one end thereof.

The end of the container provided with the anges 19 is also provided with an opening 21 adjacent its lower edge and adapted to register with the opening 14 of the trap when the flanges 19 of the container are fitted between the guide plates 16. A pair of guides 22 are also secured to the outer surface of the end of the container at opposite sides of the lopening 21, and serve to slidably retain the door 23 in opening and closing position with respect to the opening 21.

The door 23 is also provided in its upper K'edge with a handle 24 for raising the door into open position, It will be apparent that when the container 20 is attached in position xvto the` side of the trap as illustrated in Fig- 'ure 1 of the drawings, that upon the opening of thedoors 17 and 23 the animals from the trap y5 may pass through the openings 14 and 21 into the container 20.

The top of the container20 is open and provided with a series of'closely connected rods 25 to prevent the escape of the animal from the. upper 'portion of the container. By reason-ofthe open construction of the top of 'the container a free inspection of the interior of the container is permitted and as soon as the animals in the trap have entered the container 20, the doors 17 and 23 may then be closed and the container 20 is removed from thek trap to permit the animals to be destroyed.`

By reason of this construction the removal of the animals in the container 20 does not interfere with the continued operation of the trap. Furthermore it is not necessary thatthe hands of persons come into contact with the animals at the time the same are being removed from the trap to the container.

' It is obvious that my invention is susceptible to various changes and modifications in construction without departing 'from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the rappended claim, and I accordingly claim all such forms of titled.

rHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

AA trap of the class described comprising the device to which I am enay casinghaving kan open top with its sides extending above the ytop and its ends having p inwardly extending parts, a shaft extending through the outer portion of each of said parts and supported by the sides of the trap, a pair of platforms supported by said shaft and extending between the extended parts of the sides with their outer ends projecting beyond the ends of the trap, weights suspended from said outer ends and an upwardly and outwardly extending member at each end of the trap, the upper ends of said members forming rests for the outer ends of the platform for limiting the downward movement of said outer ends and for normally holding the platforms in horizontal osition.

In testimony whereof I a x m si ature.

ANDREW?, L NG. 

